Reviews for Thomas Rowlandson's Doctor Syntax drawings

The average rating for Thomas Rowlandson's Doctor Syntax drawings based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-03-23 00:00:00 Shannon Keen 4.5★ I grew up in the sprawling city of Auckland in the sixties and seventies. Hard to believe with the housing crisis that Auckland is experiencing now but there was acres of unused land behind us & on part of it, a couple of very keen young women started a riding school. I badgered & badgered my parents to let me take lessons & finally they agreed for my sister Sue & me to have lessons. Unfortunately I sucked at it & always looked like this; Up close I was terrified of horses. But I still liked the look of them - is there anything more beautiful than a Palomino? - just didn't want to be close to them. As an adult I can enjoy the Thelwell cartoons, with a rueful smile for the young me. This book is actually a compilation of Angels on Horseback (first published 1957) A Leg at Each Corner (first published 1962) & Riding Academy (first published 1965) Reading them grouped together is an interesting way of seeing Thelwells development as both an artist & a humorist - I only smiled faintly at the "Angels" cartoons, was laughing uproariously (at work!) by Riding Academy. I really like Thelwell's dead pan instructions; A trademark of his style. & I like to think (dream?) that he had a faint social conscience! Please don't disillusion me! If I was rating individually, I would give Angels 3.5★ & the other two books 5★, so I'm going to settle on 4.5★

Review # 2 was written on 2014-12-29 00:00:00 James Schoonover Perfect ponies - takes me back to a childhood filled with moments like these!