Gordonstoun House
Photograph
Gordonstoun House
School for a King
1962
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 5/16 × 9 5/16 in. (16 × 23.6 cm)
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0161
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC:(Gordonstoun) 2/62 1) GORDONSTOUN HOUSE is the main building of the \ school on the north coast of Scotland where Prince Charles \ will enroll, like his father before him, on May first. \ According to local legend, the estate belonged in the 17th \ century to Sir Robert Gordon, who bargained with the devil \ for some secrets of black magic. HOwever, the devil came \ here to haunt him and finally caught him, as he fled the estate on horseback, trying to seek sanctuary in the local \ church. \ Credit: Rene Burri © 1962 MAGNUM Photos
