Stevenson is most famous for his colossal bronze figure of Sir William Wallace, which stands on a high plinth of roughly hewn pink granite overlooking Union Terrace Gardens in Aberdeen.

[2] His most public work is his contribution of three figures to the Scott Monument on Princes Street in Edinburgh: Caleb Balderstone, Peter Peebles, and The Abbess.

In the portrayal the Earl is wearing his collar as a Knight of the Order of the Thistle, the highest honour which the monarch can bestow in Scotland.

The stone lies in the south-west section of the original cemetery and carries a bronze portrait of William by Henry Snell Gamley.

A painting of William Grant Stevenson by Charles Martin Hardie is held in the National Gallery of Scotland.