Source A

A portrait of Kaiser Wilhelm II by Georg Meckles, c.1919

Did You Know

If you do a google search, you will find that Wilhelm produced dozens of such images, all fairly similar, during the course of his reign. They were reproduced as prints and postcards by the million, and most German homes had at least one.

Wilhelm hoped they would convey a sense of awe in his monarchy. However, the historian Eva Giloi (2012) thought it backfired on him, trivialising him to 'celebrity' so that, when it came to it, he was discarded just as easily as the postcards were thrown out.

Consider:

Study Source A.  Portraits such as this were a form of propaganda.

What messages was Wilhelm putting out about himself.

Use techniques you have learned in English to intereret visual texts, such as:
•  denotation & connotation,
•  shot & framing,
•  body language & facial expression, and 
•  use & meaning of colour.