 In the same year , Etty painted the first version of Musidora : The Bather ' At the Doubtful Breeze Alarmed ' , an illustration from the poem Summer by James Thomson and arguably Etty 's last history painting painted while he still had all his powers . Musidora shows a scene in which the titular character , having removed the last of her clothes , steps into " the lucid coolness of the flood " to " bathe her fervent limbs in the refreshing stream " , unknowing that she is being watched by her suitor Damon . Etty 's composition is shown from the viewpoint of Damon ; by so doing Etty aimed to induce the same reactions in the viewer as Damon 's dilemma as described by Thomson ; that of whether to enjoy the spectacle despite knowing it to be inappropriate , or to follow the accepted morality of the time and look away , in what art historian Sarah Burnage has described as " a titillating moral test for spectators to both enjoy and overcome " . Musidora met with almost universal acclaim , compared favourably to Titian and Rembrandt , and described by The Critic as " a preeminent work " and " the triumph of the British school " . 
