Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - "Mala'ika mai hallaka" Henry Payne na Leicester ne ya ba da umurni a cikin 1822, a kan alkawarin 60 guineas (kimanin £ a cikin sharuddan yau) lokacin da aka kammala. Payne ya ba Etty cikakken 'yanci a cikin halittar yanki, amma Etty bai yi komai ba tare da ra'ayin har sai, wanda "The Morning Chronicle" ya soki, ya yanke shawarar komawa kan batun, ya kammala shi a 1832. Kamar yadda Etty ya zama fitaccen mai zane a halin yanzu, Payne ya biya shi £ 130 (kimanin £ a yau) don yanki. An yi imanin cewa aikin ya samo asali ne daga ayyukan John Milton da Alexander Pope, ta hanyar Michelangelo ta "The Last Judgment" kuma mai yiwuwa ta juyin juya halin Faransa na 1830
, wanda Etty ya kama shi a lokacin ziyarar zuwa Paris don yin karatu a Louvre. Batun shine wanda Etty ya ji daɗi sosai, yana cewa ya sanya "dukan ransa" a cikin yanki.