TPG440689 Sister Norah is staying in one of the Big Hotels - (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A large number of Irish immigrants arrived in America in the mid-19thts century looking for a better life to that in famine-stricken Ireland; The new influx of Irish immigrants was ill-regarded by the American population and the standard of living that met the new arrivals was dismal; This cartoon satirises the discrepancy between the Irish immigrants\' dream of a new life in America and the reality with which they were confronted;); American, out of copyright.