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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.
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