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Derbyshire County Council has a bit of a mystery it needs to solve.

It has recently acquired a watercolour painted in 1842 by Joseph Clayton Bentley. It shows a view of the River Derwent with the steep-sided valley behind.

Included in the scene are a thatched cottage, complete with smoking chimney, villagers and fishermen in boats.

The painting is titled On the Derwent, Derbyshire, but the problem is no-one seems sure exactly where - though it is thought that it is centred on the Matlock stretch of the river, rather than the Derby end.

It was bought, at auction, by curators at Derbyshire County Council’s Buxton Museum and Art Gallery.

Joseph Clayton Bentley (1809-1851) was born in Bradford and travelled to London in 1832 to exhibit at the both the Royal Academy and the British Society of Artists.

As well as a watercolourist, he was also known as an engraver, including making the plates of works by John Constable whose style he admired.

On the Derwent, Derbyshire, is the first work of his in public collections set in Derbyshire.

Pictures by Bentley are held in many collections, including the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

Tell us where

We want your suggestions as to where the scene in the paining is.

Use the form below to send your ideas directly to BBC Radio Derby's Shane O'Connor and listen to his breakfast show to hear the latest update.