matplotlib: can I create AxesSubplot objects, then add them to a Figure instance?

Question

Looking at the matplotlib documentation, it seems the standard way to add an AxesSubplot to a Figure is to use Figure.add_subplo

Answer 1

For line plots, you can deal with the Line2D objects themselves:

fig1 = pylab.figure()
ax1 = fig1.add_subplot(111)
lines = ax1.plot(scipy.randn(10))

fig2 = pylab.figure()
ax2 = fig2.add_subplot(111)
ax2.add_line(lines[0])