Example sentences for: pierpont

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  • When Johnson turns to the 19 th century, he continues to reward us with lively prose and well-crafted sketches of people--mostly presidents and big business leaders such as the steel magnate Andrew Carnegie and the banker J. Pierpont Morgan (this is decidedly a top-down history, in which the poor, labor union leaders, and minority groups receive far less attention than in most scholarly histories these days).

  • With 80 paintings and 33 etchings at three different shows at the Met and drawings by the artist and his disciples at the Pierpont Morgan Library, "New York is now Tiepolo town," says Wall Street Journal critic Deborah Solomon.

  • They also populate a related show at the Pierpont Morgan Library, "Tiepolo and His Circle: Drawings in American Collections," which showcases some of Domenico's great studies of animals (Punchinello with an elephant, Punchinello riding a donkey).

  • Henry Adams said, "Pierpont Morgan is apparently trying to swallow the sun."


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