NavigationToolbar2GTK not working on hand made subplot instance

Hi John and list, Sorry to take your time.

    > from matplotlib.backends.backend_gtkagg import
    > FigureCanvasGTKAgg as FigureCanvas from
    > matplotlib.backends.backend_gtkagg import
    > NavigationToolbar2GTKAgg as NavigationToolbar

If you can submit a *free standing* script that exposes your problem,
I'll take a look.

JDH