The other, an incomplete frontal portrait dated circa 1810, was described by a family member as being "hideously unlike" Jane Austen's real appearance.

Others ignored elements of Mr. Kerry's record and stated positions in a way that paints an incomplete or distorted portrait of his approach.

Early, incomplete portraits from acquaintances of Mr. Baz describe a man of mixed religious background, with no known militant ties and with few particularly sophisticated or strong political views.

To the Editor: Your Sept. 4 Business Day article on the American diamond industry and New York City's 47th Street diamond district paints an incomplete portrait.

The exclusion of these disputes leaves us with an incomplete portrait of a complicated man.

Still, a passionate and bluntly truthful man emerges from a "tantalizing if incomplete psychological portrait."

The result, while more aesthetically pleasing, skewed Washington's words and presented an incomplete portrait of the man behind the papers.

Her rewrite of her own history reflects only the thoroughly reinvented Hillary she wants us to know-a softer image, a kind of Hillary Lite, but also an incomplete portrait.

Nowadays that's an incomplete portrait.

A Varied Fleet But records filed with the Federal Aviation Administration provide a detailed, if incomplete, portrait of the agency's aviation wing.