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Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale's The Uninvited Guest (1906) is a Pre-Raphaelite allegory depicting a wedding procession, likely for wealth or status, where the god Cupid appears as a somber, earthbound figure, representing the absence of true love amidst societal ceremony, contrasting the bright bridal gown with his brooding presence and symbolizing that real emotion (Love) is excluded from this loveless union, a common theme in Victorian art exploring societal constraints.

A wedding party, with a radiant bride in a silver gown being led by a maid, suggests opulence and formality, typical of arranged marriages for status.

Cupid, the Roman god of love, is the titular "uninvited guest". He appears unusually melancholic, with darkened wings, his arrows and quiver seemingly useless beside him, bound to the ground.

The painting critiques marriages based on convenience, money, or rank rather than genuine affection, showing how love (Cupid) is sidelined or absent in such unions, even at a wedding.

The solemnity of the guests, particularly the forlorn Cupid, starkly contrasts with the bright, ceremonial beauty of the bride and her attendants.

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