TPG440670 Cartoon depicting the riots in New York on St Patrick\'s Day 1867, published in Harper\'s Weekly, April 6 1867 (wood engraving) by Nast, Thomas (1840-1902); Private Collection; (add.info.: This riot began on Grand Street during the St. Patrick\'s Day parade and descended into a brawl between Irish immigrants and the police; In this cartoon the Irish are depicted as simian thugs who would just as readily beat up each other as the police; Stereotyping of the new wave of Irish immigrants as being hot-headed, old fashioned drunks was rife at this time; "The day we celebrate";); American, out of copyright.