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Vaughan Portrait, also known as the George Washington Vaughan portrait, is a portrait of first U.S. president George Washington painted by American painter Gilbert Stuart in 1795 and named after Samuel Vaughan.^[1][2][3] It was the first portrait of Washington created by Stuart.^[4][5][6]

The portrait's current location is at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Other painters have made several copies of the original portrait.^{[2][better source needed][7]}

The painting shows Washington from the chest up against a deep red wine background. His body is turned slightly to the viewer's right while he faces directly toward the viewer. He has pale skin, gray eyes, flushed cheeks, a hooked nose, and white hair that points out at the sides and is tied at the back with a ribbon. He wears a high-collared black coat and a cream-white ruffled cravat. The background fades from a brighter red around his face to darker tones near the corners.^[1]

• Athenaeum Portrait – 1796 unfinished portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart
• Lansdowne portrait – 1796 painting by Gilbert StuartPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• List of paintings of George Washington

• Media related to George Washington, Vaughan portrait (Gilbert Stuart - National Gallery of Art) at Wikimedia Commons