cabinet picture
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cabinet picture
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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It had been brought from Spain many years before by her father, with a cabinet picture of Mater Dolorosa, which now hung over it.
From May Brooke by Anna Hanson Dorsey
During that year Stothard’s cabinet picture was publicly exhibited, and drew thousands of gazers.
From William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work by Irene Langridge
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
The only work of Carlo Dolci in the Louvre is a small cabinet picture; but it alone is sufficient to mark the exquisite genius which its author possessed.
From Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. by Sir Archibald Alison
This was the hasty exclamation of a connoisseur on taking up a small cabinet picture.
From How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage by Edward John Hardy
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