Life, 1905-01-26 · page 19 of 22
Life — January 26, 1905 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily a **contest advertisement** rather than a political cartoon. The page features a Charles Dana Gibson drawing depicting a romantic scene: a well-dressed couple in a small boat on a river, with swans nearby and a pastoral landscape in the background. The woman reclines leisurely while the man rows or tends the boat. **The Contest:** Life magazine is soliciting title suggestions from readers for this untitled Gibson drawing. The winner receives a $500 prize (substantial for 1905) and must pay a $5 subscription fee to enter. Submissions must arrive before February 1, 1905. **The Context:** Gibson was famous for his "Gibson Girl" illustrations—idealized depictions of fashionable American women. This image exemplifies that aesthetic: romantic, leisurely, upper-class leisure activity. **Modern relevance:** The high prize and subscription requirement suggest Life's commercial success and Gibson's celebrity status in early-1900s popular culture.
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in Copyright, ayog, Lar WHAT IS A GOOD TITLE FOR THIS GIBSON DRAWING? The picture has no title. LIFE wants the best one that can be sug ed. Itis not a puzzle picture. The title may be a word, a line, a verse or a quotation. No suggestion for a title will be considered | The person who suggests Mr. Charles Dana Gibson draws regularly unless accompanied by Five Dollars to pay for the most appropriate for | |FE, the leading illustrated, humorous a year’s subscription to LIFE. Subscriptions title will receive a and satirical journal of the world. The Christ- may begin at any time. PE The bes tlle will be determined by the mad and! other extra numbers of IE EPate e Editors of LIFE from titles submitted in the Prize of sent to subscribers without additional charge. competition. Write your title on an envelope, Send ten cents now for the copy of LIFE with your name and address inside. Enclose which will contain the announcement of the both with your remittance for subscription. It of thi Y dadd Suggestions must reach LIFE before February result of this contest. Our name and.acdress 1, 1905. The result will be announced in will be put on file and the copy mailed to LIFE for February 23, 1905. you as soon as issued. In addition to the opportunity to gain the $300 prize, EVERY COMPETITOR WILL RECEIVE, EREE OP CHARGE, an artist’s proof of the picture, hand-printed on 17's 21 India paper, plate-marked ready for framing. LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY ‘2virsr"* $27 An artistically printed catalogue, containing 135 miniature reproductions of prints and proofs by Gibson, Gilbert, Clay, Blashfield, Harrison Fisher, Crosby and others, published by LIFE, will be sent to any address on receipt of ten cents. A dainty volume which will be of service in the selection of holiday gifts. comicbooks.com