About the Art: “Follow the Drinking Gourd” is a folk song believed to have originated during the era of the Underground Railroad in America. The song contains coded instructions for enslaved people seeking freedom in the North, with the “drinking gourd” referring to the Big Dipper constellation, which points to the North Star. The lyrics describe the route to freedom, following the Tombigbee River and traveling through Alabama and Tennessee before crossing the Ohio River into the free states.
Giclée: High quality individual prints that are of museum archival quality. They are able to produce subtle variations in tone and fine details. They are created with an extremely high resolution dot matrix printer.
Open Edition : There is no limitation in the number of prints that can be produced.