Obituary: Dr CW Cunnington, authority on English costume: archive, 25 Jan 1961
25 January 1961: His passion for costume was a hobby which he pursued with delight and scholarly insightDr Cecil Willett Cunnington, who died on Saturday at his home in Essex, aged 82, was an...
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