Sometime around 1905, Master Edwin Fox was living in Reading, PA.

Young Edwin was given a postcard by his Aunt Mary.

We don’t know if the postcard celebrated Edwin’s birthday or some other occasion.

The postcard, not mailed, bears original postcard art by Robert Atkinson Fox, a prolific painter and illustrator.

https://www.artnet.com/artists/robert-atkinson-fox/

It would delightful to discover that Edwin was related to the artist (who lived and worked for several years in Philadelphia), but there is no information readily available to support this.

In this postcard illustration, a sleepy puppy is visited by inquisitive chicks.

R.A. Fox is now considered one of the greatest postcard artists of the “Golden Age of Postcards”.

His work was in such high demand that he sometimes used aliases to complete projects for competing printers and publishers.

This postcard illustration was published by Edward Stern & Company of Philadelphia.

Illustrations of Fox’s work in on-line galleries show a gift for drawing and coloration.

This particular postcard, due to age and careless storage, has lost the sharpness of other Fox illustrations.

On-line, one can find additional biographical information about the artist and view collected samples of his works.

One hopes that young Edwin was pleased by the attractive postcard from Aunt Mary.