Life, 1902-01-09 · page 2 of 20
Life — January 9, 1902 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Page Analysis This page consists primarily of **advertisements** rather than satirical content. The top advertisement showcases "A Portfolio of Heads" by C. Allan Gilbert—ten portrait sketches of beautiful women, priced at five dollars. The middle section advertises "A Gibson Proof Free," featuring a Charles Dana Gibson illustration titled "A Knock at the Door" depicting two lovers. The bottom right advertises "The Pines of Lory," a new story by J.A. Mitchell with decorative designs. These are straightforward product promotions from Life Publishing Company, reflecting early 20th-century publishing practices. Gibson was a famous illustrator known for his "Gibson Girl" imagery. No political satire or social commentary appears on this particular page.
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work of art. 19 West Thirty-first Street Each head is an oval, 8x JJ, carefully printed in tone on tinted, heavy paper, and mounted ready for framing, on heavy, neutral board, 15x19 The portfolio itself is a handsome production, with special design and lettering by Mr. Gilbert. Price, Five Dollars, carriage prepaid. From all Picture and Book Sellers, or on receipt of remittance, from LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY A PORTFOLIO OF HEADS By C. ALLAN GILBERT UNIQUE Collection in Portfolio Form of Ten Sketches of Beautiful Women, by the author of “Overheard in the Wittington Family.” Each of the sketches is in itself an artistic treasure. Not only are the subjects themselves beautiful, but the reproduction of Mr. Gilbert’s pictures and the method of mounting make each one a veritable NEW YORK CITY A Gibson Proof Free “ KNOCK AT THE s DOOR” is a pic ture of an episode in the life of two lovers. The two figures are drawn in Mr. Gibson’s most char- acteristic style. It is specially printed by hand on imported Japan baper, 11 x 11, and is matted ready for framing. Fach proof is signed personally by Mr. Gibson. You can secure the signed proof only by sending 5.00 for a new subscription to LirE for one year. The rawing will not be sold or reprinted. It is for the xclusive ownership of our subscribers. At the expira- ion of this offer the plate will be destroyed. New subscribers will receive for five dollars a ear’s subscription to LIFE and the signed proof, which an be secured in no other way. LIFE PUBLISHING CO., 19 West Bist St., New York City By the Author of Amos Judd Ghe Pines of Lory A New Story By J. A. MITCHELL. Decorative Desicns sy A. D. Br asnrietD Bounp tn Green anp Gorn. Price, $1.50. “It certainly is no common creation; it is virile and breezy, quite out of the way in thought and expression." —Tie Chicago Post. “It is a book which no lodge in any vast wilderness can be complete without.”—A/atl and /:xpress, N. Y. City, “A fresh and charming love story, in which humor is as much to the fore as the tender passion.""— The Literary Digest, N.Y. City. “Laden with the odor of the pines and charged with the ozone of a sea-girt island of the north, comes ‘ The Pines of Lory.’ ""— Zhe Globe, St. Paul, Minn. LIFE PUBLISHING CO. 19 West 31st St, N. Y. comicbooks.com