A vintage scientific illustration of an engine with detailed insets and a small scene of men performing maintenance.

A meticulous, vertical scientific illustration plate, presented on a portrait-oriented sheet. **Composition and Layout:** The composition is a clean scientific chart, heavily inspired by the elegant, balanced layouts in Ernst Haeckel's 'Kunstformen der Natur'. The plate is dominated by a single, large, primary illustration of the subject in a detailed 'exploded view' or 'cutaway' style. The position of this main figure is free (center, left, right, etc.) to create the most dynamic composition. Surrounding the main figure are several smaller, isolated detail views (insets), **which serve as magnified enlargements of specific mechanisms from the primary illustration; they must never be reductions.** These insets must be clean cutouts, perfectly isolated on the white background without any individual borders, frames, or outlines. Among these insets, there is one special view: a small 'diorama' scene. This scene must be brightly lit, depicting the machine in a sunlit outdoor setting or a high-key, well-lit interior, avoiding dark or moody atmospheres. The diorama should be rendered with soft, vignetted edges that gently fade into the off-white background, particularly towards the bottom. It is ONLY within this specific diorama scene that tiny, highly-detailed human figures are present. These figures are bald men wearing simple blue overalls and work shoes, shown performing maintenance. **The scale must be clear and unambiguous: the men must be visibly smaller than the machine See more