The wager [graphic]

"An Irish bricklayer's labourer has reached the top of a ladder and steps off onto the coping of a London house. In his hod he carries a fellow-countryman who waves his hat and flourishes his tobacco-pipe, looking down at his bearer. The roof is being re-tiled and is flanked by chimney-stacks. A little climbing-boy stands in a chimney-pot (right), waving his brush and shovel. Two amused faces look up from an attic window (left). The words of the two Irishmen are below the title: 'By the Powers --Here you are at the top o' the ladder & sure enough, --I've won the Pot o' Beer, that's Pat! You've won it sure enough Teddy But I was in hopes at one time Youd a let me Fall!!'"--British Museum online catalogue