cabinet picture

American  

noun

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of cabinet picture

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

Each tale is, in fact, a cabinet picture, combining history and romance with landscape.

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by Roby, John

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 Alison, Archibald, Sir

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 King, Charles

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 Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

It also makes a perfect gem of a cabinet picture.

From Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I by Fuller, Margaret