A Chronicler of a Vanishing Isle: The Life and Art of Raymund Dearn Raymund Dearn, born in 1858 and passing in 1925, occupies a unique position within the pantheon of Victorian landscape painters. Though not widely celebrated during his lifetime, his meticulous depictions of Manx life – the cottages nestled amongst rolling hills, the bustling scenes around local inns, and the serene beauty of places like Sulby Glen – now offer an invaluable window into a world rapidly disappearing under the weight of modernity. Dearn wasn’t merely painting pictures; he was meticulously documenting a way of l…