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Lord Cochrane and Captain de Beranger, collaborators in a fraudulent manipulation of the Stock Exchange, playing dice while in the stocks. Coloured etching by George Cruikshank, 1814. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Lord Cochrane is on the left, Beranger on the right, with huge black moustaches indicating Prussian nationality. In the background Napoleon has been tossed in the air by a bull with a man's face, representing John Bull
On 21 February 1814 Captain de Beranger, using a pseudonym, announced that Napoleon had been killed in battle. The value of stocks rose, and a consortium including Lord Cochrane sold at great profit. Cochrane swore an affidavit that he had been deceived by Beranger
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