Complex sentence: Works like this influenced the contemporary illustrators of popular science and technology of the time like John Emslie (1813-1875), their aesthetic quality stems from a romantic outlook in which science and poetry were partners.
Split into simpler sentences: Works like this influenced the contemporary illustrators of popular science and technology of the time like John Emslie (1813-1875). Their aesthetic quality stems from a romantic outlook in which science and poetry were partners.