Bug summary

when setting axes position with ax = plt.axes(position = [...]) the position data is not being incorporated.

Code for reproduction

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

fig = plt.figure()

pos1 = [0.1, 0.1, 0.3, 0.8]
pos2 = [0.5, 0.1, 0.4, 0.6]

ax1 = plt.axes(position = pos1)
ax1.plot([0,1], [0, 1], color = 'r', linewidth = 3)

ax2 = plt.axes(position = pos2)
ax2.plot([1, 0], [0, 1], color = 'b', linestyle = '--')

Actual outcome

The two axes completely overlap

Expected outcome

Would expect two separate axes (these were created by adding
ax1.set_axes(pos1) and ax2.set_axes(pos2), which should not be necessary)

Operating system

Windows

Matplotlib Version

3.4.2

Matplotlib Backend

Qt5Agg

Python version

3.8.8

Jupyter version

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Other libraries

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Installation

conda

Conda channel

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