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Albert, Prince Consort of Queen Victoria, and Joseph Paxton, 1851. Albert, Prince Consort of Queen Victoria, handing Joseph Paxton, designer of the Crystal Palace, a £20,000 slice of 'Solid Pudding' from the surplus funds from the Great Exhibition of 1851 held in Hyde Park, London. Albert's great interest in the arts, science and industry led him to plan the staging of the Great Exhibition. From Punch, London, 1851.