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diff --git a/‎lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_nbagg.py
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diff --git a/‎lib/matplotlib/backends/web_backend/js/mpl.js
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diff --git a/‎lib/matplotlib/backends/web_backend/js/nbagg_mpl.js
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@@ -197,11 +197,14 @@ def send_json(self, content):
         self.comm.send({'data': json.dumps(content)})
 
     def send_binary(self, blob):
-        # The comm is ascii, so we always send the image in base64
-        # encoded data URL form.
-        data = b64encode(blob).decode('ascii')
-        data_uri = "data:image/png;base64,{0}".format(data)
-        self.comm.send({'data': data_uri})
+        if self.supports_binary:
+            self.comm.send({'blob': 'image/png'}, buffers=[blob])
+        else:
+            # The comm is ASCII, so we send the image in base64 encoded data
+            # URL form.
+            data = b64encode(blob).decode('ascii')
+            data_uri = "data:image/png;base64,{0}".format(data)
+            self.comm.send({'data': data_uri})
 
     def on_message(self, message):
         # The 'supports_binary' message is relevant to the
 
@@ -499,11 +499,14 @@ mpl.figure.prototype.updated_canvas_event = function () {
 mpl.figure.prototype._make_on_message_function = function (fig) {
     return function socket_on_message(evt) {
         if (evt.data instanceof Blob) {
-            /* FIXME: We get "Resource interpreted as Image but
-             * transferred with MIME type text/plain:" errors on
-             * Chrome.  But how to set the MIME type?  It doesn't seem
-             * to be part of the websocket stream */
-            evt.data.type = 'image/png';
+            var img = evt.data;
+            if (img.type !== 'image/png') {
+                /* FIXME: We get "Resource interpreted as Image but
+                 * transferred with MIME type text/plain:" errors on
+                 * Chrome.  But how to set the MIME type?  It doesn't seem
+                 * to be part of the websocket stream */
+                img.type = 'image/png';
+            }
 
             /* Free the memory for the previous frames */
             if (fig.imageObj.src) {
@@ -513,7 +516,7 @@ mpl.figure.prototype._make_on_message_function = function (fig) {
             }
 
             fig.imageObj.src = (window.URL || window.webkitURL).createObjectURL(
-                evt.data
+                img
             );
             fig.updated_canvas_event();
             fig.waiting = false;
 
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ var comm_websocket_adapter = function (comm) {
     // socket, so there is still some room for performance tuning.
     var ws = {};
 
+    ws.binaryType = comm.kernel.ws.binaryType;
+
     ws.close = function () {
         comm.close();
     };
@@ -16,8 +18,14 @@ var comm_websocket_adapter = function (comm) {
     // Register the callback with on_msg.
     comm.on_msg(function (msg) {
         //console.log('receiving', msg['content']['data'], msg);
+        var data = msg['content']['data'];
+        if (data['blob'] !== undefined) {
+            data = {
+                data: new Blob(msg['buffers'], { type: data['blob'] }),
+            };
+        }
         // Pass the mpl event to the overridden (by mpl) onmessage function.
-        ws.onmessage(msg['content']['data']);
+        ws.onmessage(data);
     });
     return ws;
 };