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

She turned rapidly over the pages until she reached a cabinet picture of a dark-eyed, dark-haired, trim-built young officer in cavalry undress uniform.

From Marion's Faith. by King, Charles

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

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

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

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

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 Disraeli, Isaac