Thelwell really understood the English countryside, its animals and
people, and appraised with sympathetic eye both horses and the
horsey. That is why his drawings adorn the studies of some of the
fiercest Master of Fox Hounds in the country as well a being sure
pin-up material in many Pony Club Members' dens. The angels in
Angels on Horseback are children but there is plenty here about
their parents. Both for readers of Punch who knew Thelwell, and
those who did not meet him before, this book is a savoury at all
time but especially after attending a gymkhana. J. B. Boothroyd
writes in the Foreword: 'Punch has had equestrian artists before.
In mid-Victorian times it was difficult to open a copy without
being trampled. But the creations between the present covers
achieve something entirely new: they combine portraiture with
caricature, a thing which most artists would hesitate to try with
human beings, let alone the more temperamentally elusive and
psychologically inscrutable horse. This means that while no horse
could possibly look exactly like a Thelwell horse, all Thelwell
horses manage to look exactly like horses.'
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