Artist and architect were enraptured with all things from the middle ages and their collaboration is a major contribution to the gothic revival. A few years later in 1864, Edward made a series of “Days of Creation” for an illustrated book, but more important was the stained glass set which he designed for the church at Middleton Cheney in Northamptonshire (1870). Here he introduces something totally new. In the tracery angels hold the divine creation within spheres. However, he believed that this new imagery which derived from medieval art deserved a more important role than existing solely in an obscure church in Northamptonshire and so he continued to work up the theme into an important series of six paintings which he exhibited at the Grosvenor Gallery in 1877. With their exhibition he made his name after years in comparative obscurity.