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

As a little suggestion in regard to the selection, you can got Miss Oakley's charming little cabinet picture of   "The Little Scrap-Book Maker" for…………………… $7 50   Eastman Johnson's "Barefoot Boy,"……………..

From American Woman's Home by Beecher, Catharine Esther

Of course, my little cabinet picture had been joined by many others.

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 Parkhurst, Daniel Burleigh

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 Hay, John

This story is on the scale of a cabinet picture.

From The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking Adapted to Domestic Use or Study in Classes by Campbell, Helen