Hello. Unfortunately, it is not possible to have access to the article, nor the passages you presented in the question above, which makes it impossible for me to give you a specific answer. However, I will try to help you in the best possible way.
It is only possible to know how the article helps the reader to understand Henson's characteristics, if the article is read, but we can consider that this is a descriptive article, where the author uses adjectives to explain how Henson is, how he behaves , what it does, among other things. Thus, we can consider that the article helps us to understand about Henson, by using a descriptive language, loaded with adjectives, which are words capable of promoting characteristics to people or things.