Cover Art of Sandman (1989) #31.
*It's 1859: Despair is at an impasse: her latest subject, failed businessman Joshua Norton, lacks the courage to commit suicide. She summons Dream, and offers a challenge: can he give Norton a dream that will keep him beyond the reach of Despair, Delirium and Desire until Death comes to claim him? Under Dream's gentle influence, Norton proclaims himself Emperor of the United States. issuing royal proclamations, sustaining himself modestly by selling his own currency, and winning the crowd's affections with his good-natured madness, Emperor Norton lives out his life well beyond the reach of Desire, Delirium and Despair. *Source: Back of card