diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/__init__.pyi b/lib/matplotlib/axes/__init__.pyi
index 0c27be62e370..7df38b8bde9e 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axes/__init__.pyi
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axes/__init__.pyi
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 from typing import TypeVar
 
-from ._axes import *
-from ._axes import Axes as Subplot
+from ._axes import Axes as Axes
+
 
 _T = TypeVar("_T")
 
+# Backcompat.
+Subplot = Axes
+
 class _SubplotBaseMeta(type):
     def __instancecheck__(self, obj) -> bool: ...
 
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.pyi b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.pyi
index 1f929b6c90c5..c63d81992389 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.pyi
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.pyi
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from matplotlib import cbook
 from matplotlib.artist import Artist
 from matplotlib.axis import XAxis, YAxis, Tick
 from matplotlib.backend_bases import RendererBase, MouseButton, MouseEvent
+from matplotlib.cbook import CallbackRegistry
 from matplotlib.container import Container
 from matplotlib.collections import Collection
 from matplotlib.cm import ScalarMappable
@@ -25,9 +26,11 @@ from cycler import Cycler
 
 import numpy as np
 from numpy.typing import ArrayLike
-from typing import Any, Literal, overload
+from typing import Any, Literal, TypeVar, overload
 from matplotlib.typing import ColorType
 
+_T = TypeVar("_T", bound=Artist)
+
 class _axis_method_wrapper:
     attr_name: str
     method_name: str
@@ -53,6 +56,11 @@ class _AxesBase(martist.Artist):
     transData: Transform
     ignore_existing_data_limits: bool
     axison: bool
+    containers: list[Container]
+    callbacks: CallbackRegistry
+    child_axes: list[_AxesBase]
+    legend_: Legend | None
+    title: Text
     _projection_init: Any
 
     def __init__(
@@ -125,8 +133,7 @@ class _AxesBase(martist.Artist):
     def clear(self) -> None: ...
     def cla(self) -> None: ...
 
-    # Could be made generic, but comments indicate it may be temporary anyway
-    class ArtistList(Sequence[Artist]):
+    class ArtistList(Sequence[_T]):
         def __init__(
             self,
             axes: _AxesBase,
@@ -135,40 +142,40 @@ class _AxesBase(martist.Artist):
             invalid_types: type | Iterable[type] | None = ...,
         ) -> None: ...
         def __len__(self) -> int: ...
-        def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[Artist]: ...
+        def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[_T]: ...
         @overload
-        def __getitem__(self, key: int) -> Artist: ...
+        def __getitem__(self, key: int) -> _T: ...
         @overload
-        def __getitem__(self, key: slice) -> list[Artist]: ...
+        def __getitem__(self, key: slice) -> list[_T]: ...
 
         @overload
-        def __add__(self, other: _AxesBase.ArtistList) -> list[Artist]: ...
+        def __add__(self, other: _AxesBase.ArtistList[_T]) -> list[_T]: ...
         @overload
         def __add__(self, other: list[Any]) -> list[Any]: ...
         @overload
         def __add__(self, other: tuple[Any]) -> tuple[Any]: ...
 
         @overload
-        def __radd__(self, other: _AxesBase.ArtistList) -> list[Artist]: ...
+        def __radd__(self, other: _AxesBase.ArtistList[_T]) -> list[_T]: ...
         @overload
         def __radd__(self, other: list[Any]) -> list[Any]: ...
         @overload
         def __radd__(self, other: tuple[Any]) -> tuple[Any]: ...
 
     @property
-    def artists(self) -> _AxesBase.ArtistList: ...
+    def artists(self) -> _AxesBase.ArtistList[Artist]: ...
     @property
-    def collections(self) -> _AxesBase.ArtistList: ...
+    def collections(self) -> _AxesBase.ArtistList[Collection]: ...
     @property
-    def images(self) -> _AxesBase.ArtistList: ...
+    def images(self) -> _AxesBase.ArtistList[AxesImage]: ...
     @property
-    def lines(self) -> _AxesBase.ArtistList: ...
+    def lines(self) -> _AxesBase.ArtistList[Line2D]: ...
     @property
-    def patches(self) -> _AxesBase.ArtistList: ...
+    def patches(self) -> _AxesBase.ArtistList[Patch]: ...
     @property
-    def tables(self) -> _AxesBase.ArtistList: ...
+    def tables(self) -> _AxesBase.ArtistList[Table]: ...
     @property
-    def texts(self) -> _AxesBase.ArtistList: ...
+    def texts(self) -> _AxesBase.ArtistList[Text]: ...
     def get_facecolor(self) -> ColorType: ...
     def set_facecolor(self, color: ColorType | None) -> None: ...
     @overload
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/ticker.pyi b/lib/matplotlib/ticker.pyi
index 2ef1c9f53f1d..f026b4943c94 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/ticker.pyi
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/ticker.pyi
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class _DummyAxis:
 
 class TickHelper:
     axis: None | Axis | _DummyAxis | _AxisWrapper
-    def set_axis(self, axis: Axis | _DummyAxis | None) -> None: ...
+    def set_axis(self, axis: Axis | _DummyAxis | _AxisWrapper | None) -> None: ...
     def create_dummy_axis(self, **kwargs) -> None: ...
 
 class Formatter(TickHelper):