 Throughout his life , The Combat continued to be considered one of Etty 's most powerful paintings . In 1845 , Etty took a smaller 89 by 118 cm ( 35 by 46 in ) copy of The Combat , which had been painted by an unknown Edinburgh artist , and completely reworked it to serve as the basis for an engraving by George Thomas Doo . The engraving was published three years later , and the painting used as its model passed through the hands of several collectors in subsequent years , before entering the collection of the Ringling Museum in 1934 . A number of sketches attributed to Etty , under the name of A Study for Mercy Interceding for the Vanquished , are also in circulation . 
