09/10/2026
Waiting for the Winch
By H.J. Jackson (b.1938)
The museum is delighted to have taken delivery of a beautiful gift from veteran East Anglian Printmaker H.J. Jackson. The multi-block Linocut called ‘Waiting for the Winch’ features the fishing boat, The Windsor Rose which is currently residing in the safe harbour of Sheringham Museum having been donated to us by previous owner, Peter Scotter.
H.J. Was offered a place at Norwich School of Art (now known as Norwich University of the Arts) in 1954 where he pursued linocutting as a craft under the tutelage of the wood engraver Geoffrey Wales. It was whilst studying at the School of Art that he became interested in coastal drawings and prints which were to form a large part of his future work.
Waiting for the Winch was originally created in 2008 for the North Norfolk Exhibition Project’s annual exhibition of contemporary art held at Salthouse Church. It was also exhibited here at the museum in 2010 as part of an exhibition called ‘Water Marks.’ It was during the hanging of this exhibition that the identity of the boat was identified by museum volunteers as being The Windsor Rose. H.J. was able to view the boat in situ and concurred with their judgement confirming that he had used artistic licence to adjust an uneven arrangement of ribbing within the vessel.
This generous donation came about after some large banners mysteriously appeared near the museum depicting artworks, one of which was a piece by H.J. which he had not given his permission to use. He alerted the EDP who wrote an article for the paper which also managed to promote his work!
When he came to see the banner for himself, he met Lisa our manager and after chatting together he offered the final edition of Waiting for the Winch, which was 70/70 as a gift for our museum – a gift which we were thrilled to accept and as we say, ‘it has come home.’
