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Freestanding monument to Thomas Parke, erected c. 1900, comprising cast bronze statue standing on square-plan stepped granite plinth on granite base. Plinth has incised lettering 'Surgeon Major T.H. Parke' to front face and cast bronze panel below of scene in Africa in 1887 when Parke saved life of Captain William G. Stairs. Rear of plinth has incised lettering 'Born 1858 Died 1893'. Monument stands within grounds of and to front of entrance to Natural History Museum.

Well-cast bronze figure by Percy Wood (1860-1904), prominently located at the entrance to the Natural History Museum. It commemorates Surgeon Major Thomas H. Parke (1858-93), a Victorian surgeon, explorer and naturalist who acted as surgeon to Henry Stanley's expedition through Africa. The bronze plaque records Parke saving the life of a fellow officer in 1887. The combination of granite and patinated bronze provides interesting tonal variation and the fine craftsmanship in stone and metal is clearly evident.

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