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Ann (or Anne) Willing Bingham (August 1, 1764 – May 11, 1801) was an American socialite from Philadelphia. [ 1] Early life. Ann at 21, sketch by Gilbert Stuart, 1785. She was the eldest daughter of thirteen children born to Anne ( née McCall) Willing and Thomas Willing, the first president of the First Bank of the United States .
ANNE WILLING BINGHAM (1764-1801) As one of Thomas Willing and Anne McCall’s ten children, and their eldest daughter, Anne Willing benefited from her family’s prominence in Philadelphia. With instruction from her mother, “Anne studied literature, writing, French, music, drawing, and embroidery.”
Stylish, well-educated, and well-traveled, Anne Willing Bingham (1764-1801) was one of the most admired women of her day. With her wealthy husband, William Bingham, she reigned over Philadelphia's high society during the decade of the city's eminence as the nation's capital, from 1790 to 1800.
Anne Willing Bingham, a wealthy Philadelphia socialite and wife of banker and politician William Bingham, made her mark with the establishment of an 18th-century salon, patterned on those she had encountered in France during an extended European tour from 1783 to 1786.
This thesis examines late eighteenth-century gentility and elite material culture in Philadelphia through a discussion of the life of Anne Willing Bingham. Wife of an extremely wealthy merchant, William Bingham, Anne became a leader in elite society and a popular hostess of her day.
Stylish, well-educated, and well-traveled, Anne Willing Bingham (1764-1801) was one of the most admired women of her day. With her wealthy husband, William Bingham, she reigned over...