{"id":3005,"date":"2023-06-26T11:04:34","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T11:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coade.co.uk\/?p=3005"},"modified":"2023-07-06T11:28:29","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T11:28:29","slug":"emperor-norton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coade.co.uk\/emperor-norton\/","title":{"rendered":"Emperor Norton"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3005\" class=\"elementor elementor-3005\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5069bf0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5069bf0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-640c264\" data-id=\"640c264\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1eb181e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1eb181e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 08-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h4>Emperor Norton: A fascinating character, a self declared monarch<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8c218b0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8c218b0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a70413e\" data-id=\"a70413e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d6d555 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7d6d555\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 08-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/coade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/emperor-norton-1-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3045\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/emperor-norton-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/coade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/emperor-norton-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/coade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/emperor-norton-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/coade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/emperor-norton-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/coade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/emperor-norton-1-38x50.jpg 38w, https:\/\/coade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/emperor-norton-1-650x867.jpg 650w, https:\/\/coade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/emperor-norton-1-1000x1333.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/coade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/emperor-norton-1-50x67.jpg 50w, https:\/\/coade.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/emperor-norton-1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f456767\" data-id=\"f456767\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33df729 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33df729\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Joshua Abraham Norton was born in England to Jewish parents around the year 1818. He died in his early 60s in poverty, in San Francisco, a place he declared himself to be Emperor in 1863.<\/p><p>From the beginning, his family background, the move from London to America, via a period in South Africa is clouded in mystery. There are very few facts surrounding Emperor Norton&#8217;s life and reading the intricacies of it is captivating. However, he seems to have been a kind and lovable figure, whose eccentricities were tolerated due to his affable nature.<\/p><p>The facts that are known about him relate to the business he set up in his 30s as a real estate and importing concern. Joshua Norton &amp; Company, speculated on the price of commodities such as rice. Rice, it turns out, was his downfall.<\/p><p>In a few short years after he arrived in San Francisco in 1849, he became a prosperous trader. He was seen in all the right places, attended all the parties and was friends with all the right people. Until a bad investment had disastrous consequences. Insolvency followed and precipitated the depression and subsequent descent into eccentricities, culminating in Joshua declaring himself Emperor of San Francisco.<\/p><p>Until his death in 1880, over a twenty year reign, Emperor Norton made many proclamations and aimed to expose corruption and fraud. He wanted political reform and a better society for all citizens to live and prosper in.<\/p><p>He spent his whole reign living in a boarding house and unfortunately died in destitution, with various friends contributing money for his funeral.<\/p><p>Here at Coade, we find the history and story behind Emperor Norton fascinating and have very much enjoyed finding out more about him. We were commissioned by a private client in San Francisco to make a bust of this legendary figure. We have been sculpting him over the last few weeks and will share the finished work with you once it has been fired.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emperor Norton: A fascinating character, a self declared monarch Joshua Abraham Norton was born in England to Jewish parents around the year 1818. 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