Give a dog an ill name they'll hang him, Isaac Cruikshank, 1796

Fox and sheridan kneel on a rope attached to the neck of a mangy dog with the head of pitt. The rope, inscribed 'vox popula' [sic], runs over a pulley attached to a gibbet, from which pitt is suspended. The upright of the gibbet is national support, the horizontal 'excise office', and a cross-beam forming a triangle with the other two is 'cross post'. Pitt's head is much caricatured, his body is almost bare and his tail hairless; to each hind leg is tied a bottle, one: 'sherry', labelled 'additional duty', the other: 'port', labelled 'new duty'. On the ground (left) a dog with the head of dundas, a tartan across his shoulders and a kettle inscribed 'not my dog' tied to his tail, runs off in the direction of a signpost pointing 'to edinburgh'. Sheridan (left), who is well dressed, says, "a good way to save the duty". Fox wears a waistcoat with a tattered shirt and breeches, but has a neatly powdered wig. He says: "i suppose he catch'd the mange from the dun dog". 10 may 1796 hand-coloured etching. Date: 1796. Dimensions: Height: 387 mm; Width: 266 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville. Collection: British Museum. Give a dog an ill name they'll hang him (BM 1868,0808.6529)