The Miller was a chap of sixteen stone,

A great stout fellow big in brawn and bone.

A wrangler and a buffoon, he had a store

Of tavern stories, filthy in the main.

The Infamous Miller, famous to a certain generation as compulsory English Literature reading, is a really characterful figure.

He is depicted warts and all, with a palette using mainly terracotta and cobalt blue – even his bagpipes are shown in a suitable check.