 In February 1834 , Etty became seriously ill , and was incapacitated for four months . Unable to paint , he exhibited only two already @-@ completed paintings in the 1834 Summer Exhibition , Elizabeth Potts and The Cardinal . In June of that year he left London to convalesce , renting a cottage in York . Weak and unable to concentrate , Etty painted very little , and spend the next few months visiting friends and touring the sights of Yorkshire . Gradually regaining his health , he returned to London in December 1834 , and resumed work on those paintings he had left incomplete on the onset of his illness . 
