Andrews Michael

Oil on canvas

Regulars of the Colony Room (from left): Jeffrey Bernard, journalist and legendary roue; photographer and chronicler of the Colony, John Deakin; Henrietta Moraes, in her time a model for Francis Bacon; Bruce Bernard, photographer; hostess Muriel Belcher, with Lucien Freud.

In front of Belcher is Francis Bacon, behind him Muriel’s friend Carmel. Between them is the barman, Ian Board, Belcher’s successor at the Colony from 1979 to 1995