Celebrating July 4th, 1898 - 'the triumph of the American battle-ship' by Udo Keppler, 1872-1956, artist 1898. shows a gleeful Uncle Sam sitting with John Bull, who is a sailor representing England, and six figures representing 'Spain', 'Italy' (Umberto I), 'Austria' (Franz Joseph I), 'France', Germany (William II), and 'Russia' (Nicholas II), watching a fireworks display that shows the outline of a huge American battleship that illuminates the ruins of the 'Spanish Fleet', and in the clouds of smoke shows portraits of 'Schley, Sampson, Hobson, [and] Dewey'.

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Keywords: austria, dewey, emperor, franz, george, german, ii, italy, joseph, kaiser, king, nicholas, royalty, russia, sampson, schley, scott, thomas, tsar, umberto, wilhelm, william, winfield