Roman Woman Playing with her Favorite Cat Ceramic Tile

This design features a painting by the English artist John William Godward (1861–1922), who belonged to the Neo-Classical movement. It shows an elegant Roman woman in a classical landscape playing with her pet kitten: she is smiling as she tickles the cat with a peacock's feather. The woman and her pet are both seated on a marble bench; they appear to be in a garden with the coast behind them. The kitten has ginger fur and the woman is wearing a red toga-style dress. The original artwork was painted in 1901.