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

He could fancy that scene,—he could see it all, like a beautiful cabinet picture; ah, how different, how different everything would have been then!

From The Doctor's Wife by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

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

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

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

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