498862 The Prince Imperial, watched by his parents, the Emperor and Empress, shows his skill in cycling on a Michaux velocipede in the Tuileries Gardens, Paris, 1869 (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cycling was a passion of Eugene-Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte (1856-79), only son of son of Emperor Louis Napoleon III and Empress Eug矇nie and he became known to caricaturists as \'Velocipede IV\'; this illustration from \'L\' Univers Illustre\' shows the prince exercising in the Jardin des Tuileries with his young cousin, the Duke of Alba; engraved by Charles Maurand after a drawing by M. Miranda;); French, out of copyright.