Foulis Mural Monument Justice and Faith

On the Foulis Mural Monument ….. did Justice & Faith ever have heads ?

So two possible answers. Maybe they were modelled on classical Greek or Roman sculptures which often don’t have heads. So maybe they never had heads when first created.

Or, they did originally have heads but these were knocked off at some stage in the past…..possibly during the time Oliver Cromwell troops garrisoned Greyfriars Kirk.

How will we ever know the answer to this question ? It is a question I often get asked and would love to be able to give a definitive answer.

This article discusses why so many Roman & Greek statues are missing heads https://www.cnstatue.com/why-are-many-greek-or-roman-statues-missing-heads.html