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Description: | image: To the left of centre of the composition, the German Kaiser, Wilhelm II and his son, Crown Prince Wilhelm (Little
Willy), both in profile looking to the right. The Crown Prince is in the foreground, seated upon a milestone which bears the legend PARIS
200KM. He wears the uniform of the Totenkopf Hussars although with an officer's peaked cap, which shows in part the skull and crossbones
insignia of the regiment. A small bird with large eyes sits on top of the cap, pecking at the brim. A cigarette hangs from his lips and
small puffs of smoke can be seen issuing from the end. Both his hands clasp a large sheathed sabre, the end of which rests upon the
ground, the hilt against his befogged chest. His spurred boots rest against the base of a partly defoliated tree which dominates the right
of the composition. In the topmost branch a pair of spindly birds look down. Beside the Crown Prince stands the Kaiser, dressed in a long
military cloak and a pickelhaube which is surmounted by a small bedraggled Imperial eagle crest. Both men's faces share the same
expression of vacant resignation. Behind them facing the viewer but only partially seen, a German infantryman stands on guard, both hands
holding the muzzle of his rifle which is fixed with a saw-edged bayonet. In the background to the left, a village church with a spire; to
the right, a row of five tall evergreens in silhouette. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Weapons satirical Wilhelm II Military Personnel German invasion of Belgium and France Wilhelm portrait / personification Uniforms Caricature propaganda Royalty Kaiser of Germany Crown Prince of Germany Imperial German Army | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Domergue, Georges | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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