THE BISHOP'S LADY (SOPHY GRAY, WIFE OF ROBERT GRAY, 1ST IN SOUTH AFRICA

Gutsche (Thelma). The Bishop's Lady (Sophy Gray, wife of Robert Gray, 1st Bishop of Cape Town). Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1970. First Edition. Sophy Gray (5 January 1814 – 27 April 1871), was a diocesan administrator, artist, architect, horsewoman and the wife of Cape Town's first bishop Robert Gray. A little known fact about Sophy is that she designed over 40 churches in South Africa. An interesting source on early Cape history. 245pp., ills., maps. Very Good. Presentation inscription on ffep. Dw is edgeworn with few closed tears. Few minor pen markings appear on blurb. Hardcover. (##3785)