Basil Hallward's confession

In his studio, Basil Hallward tells Lord Henry Wotton that he has put too much of himself into his portrait of a beautiful young man, Dorian Gray, and therefore refuses to exhibit it. He explains that every portrait painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not the sitter, and that he fears revealing the secret of his own soul. Lord Henry, intrigued, learns the sitter's name is Dorian Gray and insists on meeting him.