Targetteer, 1638 (carved wood)

The elaborately carved staircase at Cromwell House in Highgate, North london, was created during a re-modelling of the building in 1638 and featured a different carved figure from Cromwell's brigade on each newel; The Targetteer carries a sword in his right hand and a target on his left arm - the target was used as a defensive weapon; Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) gave the house to his daughter, Bridget, and her husband Henry Ireton (1611-1651); There are 9 figures in all although it is thought that there were a further 2, representing Cromwell and Ireton themselves, that were destroyed at the Restoration; The figures were stolen during the 1980s and have not been seen since; Cromwell House is now the Ghanain High Commission;