 The Combat was extremely well received , even by critics who had previously been hostile to Etty . In terms of composition and technique it was considered as equalling or even surpassing Titian and Veronese , and one critic considered it " one of the finest and most masterly works that ever graced the walls of the Royal Academy " , while those critics who had previously dismissed Etty for his supposed obscenity reconsidered their opinions in light of it . The Combat continued to be one of Etty 's best @-@ regarded works , and formed the basis of a successful 1848 engraving by George Thomas Doo . 
