Pippa Passes - Waco, TX
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N 31° 32.597 W 097° 07.214
14R E 678442 N 3491346
Life-size bronze of artists interpretation of what Pippa would have looked like.
Waymark Code: WM11RH9
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/10/2019
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Pippa Passes is a verse drama by Robert Browning. It was published in 1841. It tells of a young factory worker named Pippa skipping down a street in her home town in Italy.
The statue of Pippa is in front of the Armstrong-Browning Library on the Baylor Campus in Waco. Behind the statue is bas-relief medallions that reflect the four sections of the poem: Morning, Noon, Evening and Night.
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Pippa Passing
Figure Type: Human
Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Waldine Tauch
Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 1957
Materials used: Sculpture - bronze, Base - granite
Location: Armstong-Browning Library
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