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

We are going to have a cabinet picture taken of him.

From Harper's Young People, March 16, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

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

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

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by Roby, John

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)

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