Battle of Manila ... May Morning with Dewey. PI 1st May 1898 Manila Bay

1898. Lithographed view on silk of the Battle of Manila Bay with a large oval portrait of Commodore George Dewey at the upper left, within a hand-drawn American flag border stitched to the view. 21-1/2 x 21-1/2 inches. Framed and glazed. Lithographed view on silk of the Battle of Manila Bay with a large oval portrait of Commodore George Dewey at the upper left, within a hand-drawn American flag border stitched to the view. 21-1/2 x 21-1/2 inches. The first major engagement of the Spanish–American War, the battle was one of the most decisive naval battles in history and marked the end of the Spanish colonial period in Philippine history. On April 27, 1898, Dewey sailed from China aboard USS Olympia with orders to attack the Spanish at Manila Bay. He stopped at the mouth of the bay late the night of April 30, and the following morning he gave the order to attack at first light, saying the now famous words "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley." Dewey defeated the Spanish in a battle lasting just six hours. The Asiatic Squadron sank or captured the entire Spanish Pacific Squadron under Admiral Patricio Montojo y Pasarón and silenced the shore batteries at Manila, with the loss of only one life on the American side.

This broadside view on silk with American flag border was evidently issued as a commemorative scarf or hankerchief.