cabinet picture
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cabinet picture
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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Then through a vista its waters would sparkle, suggesting an exquisite cabinet picture.
From Barriers Burned Away by Edward Payson Roe
It also makes a perfect gem of a cabinet picture.
From Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I by Margaret Fuller
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 Helen Campbell
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 Anna Hanson Dorsey
An Advocate in his Study—Ostade: an exquisitely finished cabinet picture.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 578, December 1, 1832 by Various
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