'A Sea-Fight Between Admiral Blake and the Dutch', c1930. The English fleet take on the Dutch in a naval battle in the 1650s. Admiral Robert Blake (1598-1657) was an important military commander of the Commonwealth of England and one of the most famous English admirals of the 17th century. After a 17th-century engraving. From "The World's Story, a Simple History for Boys and Girls", by Elizabeth O'Neill. [T. C. & E. C. Jack, London & Edinburgh, c1930]