RECENT RESEARCH — A newly unearthed photograph showing the north side of the 600 block of Commercial Street, San Francisco, in the aftermath of the earthquake and fires of 1906 reveals, for the first time, visual evidence of the fate of the building that housed the Eureka Lodgings, where Emperor Norton lived from 1864–65 until his death in 1880. Our analysis of the photo sharpens the focus on the identities and locations of the buildings along this stretch — and exactly what each building suffered in 1906. Includes our highly researched new infographic that can be used as a tool for understanding the history of this location.

The Emperor Norton Trust

TO HONOR THE LIFE + ADVANCE THE LEGACY OF JOSHUA ABRAHAM NORTON

RESEARCH • EDUCATION • ADVOCACY

ARENA | ARchive of Emperor Norton in the Arts

Visual Arts

"Emperor Norton I" (2005), wood engraving by Jim Westergard (b. 1939). © 2005 Jim Westergard. Source: Jim Westergard.

Virtually from the outset of his Empire — starting in the early 1860s — Emperor Norton has been taken up as a subject for visual artists.

As part of its Archive of Emperor Norton in the Arts (ARENA), The Emperor Norton Trust (previously The Emperor's Bridge Campaign) seeks to collect and present here a digital chronology of the best of as many of these artworks as we can find.

There currently are a total of 230 works across the following galleries. (Nearly all of the Public Art images are "cross-tabbed" from the other galleries.)

Click below for slideshow galleries of:

Engravings, Paintings & Drawings (149 images)
Comics (33)
Sculptures & Fabrications (36)
Design, Post-Production & Remix (10)
Public Art (21)

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