Tuhia tētahi tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - "The Destroying Angel" i tonoa e Henry Payne o Leicester i te tau 1822, i runga i te kupu whakaari mo te 60 guineas (tata ki te £ i ngā wā o nāianei) ina oti. I whakawhiwhia e Payne ki a Etty te herekore katoa i te hanganga o te waahanga, engari he iti noa te mahi a Etty ki te whakaaro tae noa ki te wa, i werohia e te whakahe a "The Morning Chronicle", ka whakatau ia ki te hoki ki te kaupapa, ka oti i te 1832. I te mea kua noho a Etty hei kaitoi rongonui i taua wa, i utua e Payne £ 130 (tata ki te £ i nga wa o tenei ra) mo te waahanga. E whakaarohia ana ko te mahi i whakaaweahia e nga mahi a John Milton me Alexander Pope, na "Te Whakawa Whakamutunga" a Michelangelo me te French Revolution o 1830
, i mau ai a Etty i tana haerenga ki Paris ki te ako i te Louvre. Ko te kaupapa tetahi o nga mea e tino tata ana ki a Etty, e kii ana kua hoatu e ia tana " wairua katoa" ki roto i te waahanga.