The paragraph told, in spite of a famous English novelist and having several adaptations of Hollywood movies, it was not well known how Jane Austen looks like. The only accepted image was painted by her sister Cassandra, which was a painting of a teenage girl and the author claims that this painting is an actual portrait of Jane Austen. He gave various reasons to bolster his theory.
First of all, the author claims that after Austen's death her family gave permission to use the portrait as an illustration. Austen family clearly recognizes the portrait and her family, over a century endorse the claim. The speaker opposes the idea by saying, this is really unconvincing that the portrait was Jane Austen. It was loosely connected to her family and the painting was hardly the teenage version of Jane Austen. Because when the picture was authorized by the family Austen was dead for seventy years and actually her family never seen her portrait before her death.
In another claim, the author told that another sketch was drawn by Cassandra clearly resembles Austen's face. Even though the sketch was of adult Austen but the features are similar to Austen's teenage version. The speaker counters by saying, Austen's family is large and the sketch was not Austen’s, instead, the sketch was of Jane Austen's distant niece. And, in fact, that was the main purpose of the sketch.
The third claim author represents, in another painting, even though the painting was unsigned but from the ink style, it could be inferred that the painting done by Ozias Humphrey, who often hired by Austen family. Humphrey was active when Jane Austen was the age of the girl in the painting. The speaker opposed the idea by saying, William Leg, who sold the canvas was not active in the era of Jane Austen's teenage age. Thus, the painting must be painted for an older woman instead of a younger one.
The paragraph
told
,
in spite of
a
famous
English novelist and having several adaptations of Hollywood movies, it was not well known how Jane Austen looks like. The
only
accepted
image
was painted
by her sister Cassandra, which was a
painting
of a teenage girl and the
author
claims
that this
painting
is an actual
portrait
of Jane Austen. He gave various reasons to bolster his theory.
First of all
, the
author
claims
that after Austen's death her
family
gave permission to
use
the
portrait
as an illustration. Austen
family
clearly
recognizes the
portrait
and her
family
, over a century endorse the
claim
. The speaker opposes the
idea
by saying, this is
really
unconvincing that the
portrait
was Jane Austen. It was
loosely
connected to her
family
and the
painting
was hardly the teenage version of Jane Austen.
Because
when the picture
was authorized
by the
family
Austen was dead for seventy years and actually her
family
never
seen
her
portrait
before
her death.
In another
claim
, the
author
told
that another
sketch
was drawn
by Cassandra
clearly
resembles Austen's face.
Even though
the
sketch
was of adult Austen
but
the features are similar to Austen's teenage version. The speaker counters by saying, Austen's
family
is large and the
sketch
was not Austen’s,
instead
, the
sketch
was of Jane Austen's distant niece. And, in fact, that was the main purpose of the sketch.
The third
claim
author
represents, in another
painting
,
even though
the
painting
was unsigned
but
from the ink style, it could
be inferred
that the
painting
done by
Ozias
Humphrey, who
often
hired by Austen
family
. Humphrey was active when Jane Austen was the age of the girl in the
painting
. The speaker opposed the
idea
by saying, William Leg, who sold the canvas was not active in the era of Jane Austen's teenage age.
Thus
, the
painting
must
be painted
for an older woman
instead
of a younger one.