Art at St. Paul's
 


Poseidon St Paul's is unique in that, other than its work of mission & ministry, it also has to oversee the upkeep of some remarkable pieces of art. The mosaics by Burne-Jones and Breck, the stained glass windows are just the beginning. The first Rector of St. Paul's, Robert Jenkins Nevin, was an art dealer and on his death bequeathed to the parish an assortment of pieces of fine art and sculpture. Some of these pieces are now available for public viewing: in 2001 a number of people connected with the J.P. Morgan group visited St Paul's and gave us a donation to begin a 'gallery' in the outer sacristy. It is to this room that we have moved Poseidon (left) and the phoenix as well as some pieces of medieval statuary.

In the church itself there are three fine sarcophagi as well as the statue of a headless woman and of course the lovely cross that now forms the centerpiece to the Altar in the St. Augustine Chapel.