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

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cabinet picture

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

This was the hasty exclamation of a connoisseur on taking up a small cabinet picture.

From How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage by Hardy, Edward John

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

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