Olive Cook writes of this picture by Edwin:
"The unevenness of the shadowy mounting steps, worn by the tread of six centuries of canons going up to their appointed seats
under the blank arcading below the Chapter House windows, the turn of the stairway towards the doorway,
the unexpected branching of the steps to continue straight ahead, all make this one of the most romantic and evocative of cathedral vistas."
English Cathedrals - Olive Cook & Edwin Smith, Herbert Press