Robert Smalls — Fine Art Poster | Burrell Archive

Born enslaved in Beaufort, South Carolina, he piloted the steamer Planter out of the harbour in 1862 and carried his family through to freedom. Robert Smalls went on to serve five terms in the United States Congress — the man who took a ship and gave his people a future. Rendered in the Burrell Archive dissolution aesthetic: the figure emerging from a nebula of ink and light, refusing to disappear.

• Museum-quality print on thick matte paper (189 g/m²)
• Archival, acid-free stock
• Vivid, fade-resistant giclee-grade printing

History, worn in light. — Burrell Archive