cabinet picture
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cabinet picture
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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She turned rapidly over the pages until she reached a cabinet picture of a dark-eyed, dark-haired, trim-built young officer in cavalry undress uniform.
From Marion's Faith. by Charles King
He could fancy that scene,—he could see it all, like a beautiful cabinet picture; ah, how different, how different everything would have been then!
From The Doctor's Wife by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
In a twinkling, memory had swept the dust from my little cabinet picture, and let in upon it a sudden light.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 02, December, 1857 by Various
On the other hand, a "cabinet picture," a small panel, will admit of microscopic detail if it be not so painted that the detail is all you can see.
From The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors by Daniel Burleigh Parkhurst
Passing along the desolate streets, you glance in at an open door and see a most delightful cabinet picture of domestic life.
From Castilian Days by John Hay
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