Mary Custis Lee in Old Age Wearing a night cap and shawl, Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee, the wife of Robert E. Lee, sits in a wheelchair in Lexington, Virginia, around 1868. This glass-plate image was made by local photographer Michael Miley. Original Author: Michael Miley Created: ca. 1868 Medium: Glass plate negative Courtesy of the Virginia Historical Society Featured In Lee, Mary Anna Randolph Custis (1807–1873)