Which company once adopted its trademark from a painting and subsequently changed its name to that of the paintings title?

lanfranco

How about "Hs Master's Voice" (HMV), originally the Gramophone Company, which used as its trademark Francis Barraud's painting of a dog looking into a cylinder phonograph? Nipper, the dog was called: http://www.answers.com/topic/hmv Jan 25 06, 4:36 PM

peasypod

Yay Frankie, that's the one. Jan 25 06, 5:09 PM

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