cabinet picture
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cabinet picture
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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It also makes a perfect gem of a cabinet picture.
From Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I by Margaret Fuller
Each tale is, in fact, a cabinet picture, combining history and romance with landscape.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by John Roby
Hagar and Ishmael in the Desert, by A. Woodside, is a cabinet picture which would be regarded as good beside any of the many great productions which illustrate the same subject.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 by Various
Who would not prefer even a copy from some fine bust or head of antiquity, from some celebrated cabinet picture, to the best medal that has yet been struck in this country?
From Elinor Wyllys, Volume 1 by Susan Fenimore Cooper
Steele, in one of his numerous periodical works, the twelfth number of the “Theatre,” has drawn an exquisite contrast 172 between himself and his friend Addison: it is a cabinet picture.
From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Isaac Disraeli
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