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cabinet picture
noun
- a small easel painting, usually under 3 feet (0.9 meters) in width and formerly exhibited in a cabinet or special room.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cabinet picture1
First recorded in 1815–25
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Example Sentences
Here are the king's private apartments, from choice, comparatively small and compact, and the cabinet picture-gallery.
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This was the hasty exclamation of a connoisseur on taking up a small cabinet picture.
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An Advocate in his Study—Ostade: an exquisitely finished cabinet picture.
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Of course, my little cabinet picture had been joined by many others.
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Wilson has been seen poring over the texture of a Dutch cabinet-picture, so that he could not see the picture itself.
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