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208 ChristianRohr Fig. 4:Vienna, the floodedquarter of Leopoldstadt (Jägerzeile) on2 March 1830. Watercolour draw- ingbyEduardGurk, 1830. Fig. 5:Vienna, the floodedquarter of Roßau (Schmid- gasse) on2March 1830.Watercolour drawingbyEduard Gurk, 1830. page treatise. The focus of the author is on the affecteddistricts ofVienna (casualties, i.e. 74 people killed, damages), on rescuemanagement (single ‘local heroes’, donations) andon the role of theHapsburg imperial family.51 Eduard Gurk (1801–1841), a Viennese artist and imperial court painter (Hofkammermaler), made a series of ‘official’ watercolour drawings showing Archduke Ferdinand in action (Figs. 4–7). These are not only interesting in the sense of how the imperial familywanted to demon- strate pious solidarity with their subjects in a time of severe political repression, but also in showingdetailsofdisastermanagementnotdocumentedelsewhere.Fig.4depicts theArchduke on a boat in the centre, whereas other boats supply peoplewith food (on the right). Ice floes and furniture drift in the water. Numerous other boats with well-dressed people in the back- 51 Sartori 1830.