As seen on TV in the very first insurrection images:
Avard Tennyson Fairbanks (1897-1987)

Signed and dated 1950. Offered here is the ORIGINAL 1/4 scale bronze. Numbered 1/50 (1st of *3).ARMED WITH HIS BIBLE, the subject is the State of Washington's most historic figure: frontiersman, Dr. Marcus Whitman (Oregon Trail, Whitman massacre, Whitman college).
Avard cast 3 life-size Whitman statues and 3 of these smaller, 27" statues. The 3 life size statues are located at The National Statuary Hall within rotunda of The U.S. Capital Building in Washington D.C., the rotunda of The State Capital Building in Olympia, Washington and the 3rd is at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington.
The statue is numbered 1/50 but authorities confirm that only *3 of these 1/4 scale statues were ever actually cast, this being the very 1st cast. The family has confirmed that this statue was cast by Avard (not one of his descendants). It's believed that the three 1/4 scale statues were given to persons involved in the life-size statue's placement in the Washington State Capital Building. Meaning, this statue was in Avard's personal possession for 30 years (1950 to 1980). We were told, and our research seems to confirm, that Avard gifted this first statue to Governor Dixy Lee Ray (1914-1994).
Included is the original Press Release from THE OREGONIAN (photo w/ description on back) for the Olympia placement on October 9th 1980. Also included is the book (printed by the U.S. government) documenting the 1st life size statue's placement within the rotunda of The U.S. Capital Building in Washington D.C. in 1953.