Samuel —, US inventor and painter whose works include 1830's The Chapel of the Virgin at Subiaco (5)

I believe the answer is:

morse

(Other definitions for morse that I've seen before include "Kind of code" , "Colin Dexter's fictional detective" , "TV inspector" , "Walrus - TV detective" , "Oxford detective" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.

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