Question

chapter the portrait 1. Describe Basil Hallward's studio as on the morning when the extract begins.
2. Why did Lord Henry suggest that Basil Hallward should send the painting to Grosvenor?​

Answer 1

Ans-The studio of Basil Hallward opened to a garden. Rich scent of roses had filled the room . It was summer and flilacs and delicate pink flowers were entering the studio with the summmer wind. A laburnum tree with honey coloured flowers was standing near the window of the studio. Dorian Gray's portrait was Kept "he middle of the room and the artist was sitting in a distance,facing the portrait.

ans2. Lord Henry suggested that Basil Hallward should send the painting to Grosven or because he believed that was his best work and exhibiting the painting would make Hallward more successful and his status as an artist would behigher than all the young artists of England.