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

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

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 02, December, 1857 by Various

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

From The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character by Roby, John

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 Dorsey, Anna Hanson

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

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

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