XJF441277 Targetteer, 1638 (carved wood) by English School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: 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; A targetteer is a man armed with a target, such as the one this figure hold on his left arm; 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 are 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;); English, out of copyright.
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