Life, 1906-12-13 · page 21 of 28
Life — December 13, 1906 — page 21: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily a **subscription promotion**, not political satire. The page advertises Life magazine's 1907 subscription offer. The artwork depicts a romantic scene: figures in period dress outside a lit window at night, titled "An Old Love Song." The image itself appears to be sentimental Victorian-era genre art rather than satirical commentary. The advertisement's hook is unusual—**the picture cannot be purchased separately**, but Life promises to deliver a large hand-printed version (19×24 inches) free to new annual subscribers ($5.00) if they pay before February 1, 1907. This was a common marketing tactic: using desirable artwork as an incentive for subscriptions. The text notes subscribers could alternatively select different prints from Life's catalog of 127 drawings, suggesting the magazine regularly commissioned or collected artwork for promotional purposes.
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The size of the charming picture (of which this isa reproduction in miniature) is 104x15 inches. The large print is a sepia photogravure, plate marked. It is hand-printed on Exora stecl-plate paper, 19224, ready for framing. The Picture Will Not Be Sold But the large print will be delivered, carriage prepaid, to every new sub- scriber to LIFE at $5.00 a year, if we receive the remittance before February 1, 1907. In place of “An Old Love Song,” new subscribers may, if they so prefer, seleet prints from our catalogue to the value of $2.50. The handsome little catalogue of LIFE'S PRINTS, with miniature teprodudiions of 127 drawings, will be sent to any address on application. LIFE PUBLISHING CO, 17 WEST 31a STREET, NEW YORK CITY