Bedmaking and Housekeeping

Bedmaking and Housekeeping

Photograph

René Burri

Maker
Swiss, 1933–2014

Bedmaking and Housekeeping

School for a King


1962
Gelatin silver print
Image: 5 15/16 × 9 5/16 in. (15.1 × 23.6 cm)
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0170
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC:(Gordonstoun) 2/62 10) BEDMAKING AND HOUSEKEEPING will be daily duties \ of the heir to the British throne under the austere regime \ at Gordonstoun school. No pin-up pictures are permitted \ in sleeping quarters. Boys study in separate rooms. Lights \ are out at 9:30. \ Credit: Rene Burri © 1962 MAGNUM Photos
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