Horse Races at Vincennes

This engraving by Auguste Trichon, titled “Horse Races at Vincennes,” depicts a horse-racing scene in Vincennes in the nineteenth century. Riders gallop at high speed across the track before a large crowd gathered in the stands and around the racecourse. The image highlights the rise of public leisure, sporting spectacles, and urban sociability in the modern era. Published in Décembre and Alonnier’s illustrated popular dictionary, it reflects the place of horse racing in French popular culture.