 They moved to a thatched cottage in rural Essex with a purpose built studio, near friends such as the politician Tom Driberg, poet Randall Swingler, artists Michael Ayrton and Biddy and Roy Noakes; Bacon had a house not far away.Six of Bacon's portraits of Rawsthorne were shown in his 1967 show, including "Portrait of Isabel Rawsthorne".In all, between 1964 and 1970 he painted 14 images of her, including five triptychs.