The Arms of Purvis: Quartered Shield with Crest and Motto

Description

A hand-painted achievement of the Purvis arms on aged paper, showing a quartered shield charged with mascles and rampant beasts. Above the helm and mantling, a sun-in-splendour rises from cloud — a visual echo of the family motto, Clarior e Tenebris ("light from the darkness"), inscribed on the ribbon below. The work is undated and unattributed, with edges worn and torn through long handling.