ame methods as a figure except for those particularly tied to the size
    or dpi of the figure, and is confined to a prescribed region of the figure.
    For example the following puts two subfigures side-by-side::

        fig = plt.figure()
        sfigs = fig.subfigures(1, 2)
        axsL = sfigs[0].subplots(1, 2)
        axsR = sfigs[1].subplots(2, 1)

    See :doc:`/gallery/subplots_axes_and_figures/subfigures`
    r­