Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: "Ọ bụ Henry Payne nke Leicester nyere iwu ka e mepụta "The Destroying Angel" n'afọ 1822, bụ́ nke e kwere nkwa na a ga-akwụ ya puku guineas iri isii (ihe dị ka otu paụnd ma e jiri ego a na-akwụ n'oge a tụnyere ego a na-akwụ n'oge a) ma o mechaa. Payne nyere Etty nnwere onwe zuru oke n'ịmepụta mpempe akwụkwọ ahụ, mana Etty emebeghị ihe ọ bụla na echiche ahụ ruo mgbe, na-ata ahụhụ site na nkatọ nke "The Morning Chronicle", o kpebiri ịlaghachi na isiokwu ahụ, mezue ya na 1832. Ebe ọ bụ na Etty abụrụla onye na-ese ihe ama ama n'oge ahụ, Payne kwụrụ ya £ 130 (ihe dị ka £ na okwu taa) maka mpempe ahụ. A na-eche na ọrụ ahụ sitere n'ọrụ nke John Milton na Alexander Pope, site na "Ikpe Ikpeazụ" nke Michelangelo na ikekwe site na
Ntughari France nke 1830, nke Etty nọ na ya mgbe ọ gara Paris ịmụ ihe na Louvre. Isiokwu ahụ bụ nke Etty chere na ọ dị nso, na-ekwu na o tinyewo "mkpụrụ obi ya dum" n'ọrụ ahụ.