That’s a 40′ ladder which he put up and took down without help but not without difficulty. The task was to repair the crown, the rubberized cement which surrounds the chimney pot. The stainless steel chimney cap (temporarily parked between roof and ladder) did not need replacing.
Gari Melchers, 1920 <> Charles Street, Fredericksburg, 2021
Although Gari Melchers’ painting is called St. Georges, that’s actually Fredericksburg Presbyterian in the foreground, with the steeple of St. George’s behind it on the other side of Princess Anne Street.